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dc.titleThe Impacts of Restrictions to Individual Rights on Indigenous Lands
dc.contributor.authorJordán, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorJaimovich, Dany
dc.contributor.authorHeilmayr, Robert
dc.contributor.orgunitGender and Diversity Division
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2025-08-13T00:08:00
dc.date.issue2025-08-13T00:08:00
dc.description.abstractMany countries in the Americas impose restrictions on Indigenous land transactions to preserve Indigenous ownership, but these policies may inhibit economic growth. This paper evaluates the impact of Chiles 1993 Indigenous Law, which restricts the transfer, lease, and mortgaging of land in Mapuche territories. Using property records, we find that the law has slowed Mapuche territorial loss. However, its effectiveness has declined over time, coinciding with a reduction in properties registered in the Public Registry of Indigenous Territories (PRIT), a key enforcement tool. Analysis of property sales following owner deaths underscores the PRITs critical role, with listed properties experiencing lower sales rates and smaller reductions in Indigenous ownership compared to unlisted properties. Using remotely sensed data and two complementary identification strategies, we reject meaningfully large impacts of PRIT on land use. The results highlight that transfer restrictions on individual property rights can serve as an effective tool to protect Indigenous ownership without imposing significant economic burdens, although special attention should be given to the design of enforcement mechanisms to ensure their effective implementation.
dc.format.extent57
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013648
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Impacts-of-Restrictions-to-Individual-Rights-on-Indigenous-Lands.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectLand Use
dc.subjectIndigenous People
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectLand Right
dc.subjectLiving Heritage
dc.subjectMunicipal Government
dc.subjectLand Titling
dc.subjectLeasing
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subject.jelcodeD23 - Organizational Behavior • Transaction Costs • Property Rights
dc.subject.jelcodeK11 - Property Law
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeO17 - Formal and Informal Sectors • Shadow Economy • Institutional Arrangements
dc.subject.jelcodeQ15 - Land Ownership and Tenure • Land Reform • Land Use • Irrigation • Agriculture and Environment
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01743
idb.operationRG-T3729
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